The Holcombe Legion is becoming less and less mystic. There was no artillery element attached for any length of time, if at all. The Infantry and Cavalry Groups served with Evan's old brigade, until the founding of the Seventh S.C. Cavalry, when the mounted units departed. The rosters are available in the Complied Service Records, Broadfoot, and the Memory Rolls. Some information on the mounted unit is found here.

My great, great grandfather was James Fowler Sloan, Captain, Holcombe Legion - Company B, from November 21, 1861 to April 4, 1864. He is buried in the Methodist cemetery at Pacolet, South Carolina. He resigned his position in October of 1862 because of bad health and returned home to recouperate and then returned to the war. Doug Lee Leed@innova.net

From the unpublished work of Charles Cox, Huntville, Alabama. Provided by Valerie Cox.
Holcombe Legion (Infantry), Battles and Stations

Date

Battle or City

Location

Commanding Officer

Brigade

Division

Corps

1/22-1/25-62

Edisto Island

.

Col P.F. Stevens

General Shank Evans

.

Dept. of S.C., Ga. (Robert E. Lee)

8/23/62

Rappahannock Station

.

Col. P.F. Stevens

Evans' Brigade

(D.R. Jones)

Longstreet

8/29-8/30-62

Second Manassas

.

Col. P.F. Stevens

Evans' Brigade

.

.

.

.

.

Lt. Col. F.G. Palmer (K)

Col. P.F. Stevens

.

.

9/14/62

Boonsboro

.

Major Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

.

.

.

.

.

.

Col.P.F. Stevens

.

.

9/16-9/17-62

Sharpsburg

Burnside Bridge

Major Wm. Crawley

Evan's Brigade

Hood's Division

Longstreet's Corps

.

.

.

.

Col. P.F. Stevens

.

.

10/62

Col. Stevens Resigns

.

Major Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

Mclaw’s Divsion

Longstreet’s Corps

12/13-12/17-62

Kinston/Goldsborough

North Carolina

Lt. Col. Wm. J. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

Major General Samuel French, Dept of N.C./Petersburg

Major General Gustavus W. Smith, Department of N.C. and Southern Virginia

4/63

South Carolina

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

.

Dept. of S.C., Ga., Fla.

5/25/63

Move to Mississippi

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

Loring’s Division

.

7/12/63

Jackson

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

French’s Division

Breckinridge’s Corps

8/10/63

Moved to Savannah, Ga.

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

.

Dept. of S.C., Ga, and Fla.

9/7/63

Moved to Charleston, S.C.*

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Evans' Brigade

.

Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.

5/64

Savannah

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

.

General Hugh Mercer, Department of Ga.

Dept. of S.C., Ga., and Fla.

5/64

Wilmington

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Walker’s Brigade

Hoke’s Division

W.H.C. Whiting (Third Military District, N.C.)

5/7-5/8

Holcombe Legion on Detached Service at Stony Creek

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Walker’s Brigade

Hoke’s Division

Beauregard’s Command

5/7/64

Stony Creek or Sappony Church

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Elliott's Brigade

Johnson's Division

Beauregard's Command

5/8/64

Jarratt's Station

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Elliott's Brigade

Johnson's Division

Beauregard's Command

5/8/64

Nottoway Bridge

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Elliott's Brigade

Johnson's Division

Beauregard's Command

5/20/64

General Walker is wounded

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Walker’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Beauregard’s Command

5/28/64

General Stephen Elliott takes command

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Elliott’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Beauregard’s Command

6/28/64

Stony Creek or Sappony Church

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley/W

Elliott's Brigade

Johnson's Division

Beauregard's Command

.

.

.

Capt. A.B. Woodruff

.

.

.

9/20/64

General Wm. H. Wallace promoted to General

.

Capt. A.B. Woodruff

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Beauregard’s Command

5/17-6/16-64

Bermuda Hundred

.

Lt. Col Wm. Crawley

Elliott's Brigade

Johnson's Division

Beauregard's Command

10/16/64

Holcombe Legion rejoins Brigade

.

Captain A.B. Woodruff

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Anderson’s Corps or Fourth Corps

10/27-
11/5

Petersburg

.

Captain A.B. Woodruff

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Anderson’s or Fourth Corps

3/25/65

Fort Steedman

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson's Division

Anderson's or Fourth Corps

3/29/64

Battle of Lewis Farm

.

Lt. Col. Wm Crawley

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Anderson’s or Fourth Corps

3/31/65

Gravelly Run

.

Lt. Col. Wm. Crawley

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Pickett’s Mobile Force

5/1/65

Five Forks

.

.

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Pickett’s Mobile Force

5/6/65

Sayler’s Creek

.

.

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Anderson's or Fourth Corps

5/9/65

Appomattox Courthouse

.

No officer’s present

Wallace’s Brigade

Johnson’s Division

Anderson’s or Fourth Corps

*At this time serious efforts begin to separate units of the Evans' Brigade. They are moved to different districts and the 18th goes to Florida. Evans is brought forward on charges and the matter proceeds to Richmond for the eye of the President. Eventually the Brigade minus the MacBeth Artillery will be brought back together in Wilmington under new command. One of the most difficult issues is the continuing disagreement between the Colonels of the command and Evans. It reflects poorly on all involved and probably cost McMaster’s and Bendow the most. Bendow is a distinguished soldier and probably would have achieved General’s rank anywhere but where he found himself. McMaster’s was also well loved and a more than adequate commander. S.D. Goodlett, another Colonel, was cashiered at Kinston which was the beginning of the open warfare between the Colonels and General Evans.